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15-296 Garand Picture of the Day - Company F. 6th Ranger Battalion
A patrol of Company F. 6th Ranger Battalion, investigating a native hut on Dinagat Island in the Philippines (U.S. Army photograph)
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Boondocks
A Tagalog word brought home by GIs -- meaning a remote, hard to reach place (usually in the mountains).
Real men measure once and cut.
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BTW, one of the best books I have ever read is "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. It's military fiction but tells the whole story of the invention of the computer in the process.
Real men measure once and cut.
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I've got a lot of friends who owe their freedom, and perhaps even their existence, to these guys working through the boondocks.
kahanga-hangang buhay
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Bob, you know how we like pictures. Well in this case, how about a translation of "kahanga-hangang buhay".
Thanks!
"He which hath no stomach to this fight,/ Let him depart." Henry V
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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Yep. I worked on a TV show for the Philippines and learned about ten words. 
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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